PENTICTON, B.C. — Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli took notes at the Young Stars Classic from his perch in the press box at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

He was generally impressed by the Oilers’ prospects roster, but there’s still work to do.

“The response to certain aspects in the games has been there, which is good to see,” said Chiarelli, happy the team got in the face of Vancouver Canucks’ Jake Virtanen after he belted Connor McDavid.

The team also came back in Game 2 to beat the Calgary Flames after being down 2-0 and 3-1.

“I’ve been pushing this resiliency and it’s good that it’s starting early,” he said. “I think we’re smaller than the teams here, but we won games and it’s a matter of finding that balance between compete and skill.”

Here’s Chiarelli’s shorthand take on several players, delivered after two games, before he returned to Edmonton to play in the Oilers’ charity golf tournament Monday.

Darnell Nurse, defenceman: “He’s been a good leader out there, but there’s a lot of nuances to a defensive game that he has to smooth out. The enthusiasm is there and there’s a lot of good parts, but the puck retrievals and when to funnel off passes and such has to get better. It’ll come. He’ll skate into a funnel (of players) a bit, but those things will come from coaching. He’s exuberant and a real coachable kid.”

Leon Draisaitl, centre: “He scored a world-class goal on his penalty shot (tucking it through the legs of Calgary’s Mason McDonald on Saturday) and that pass he made to Braden Christoffer for his goal in the same game was great. He makes plays. He wasn’t that good in Game 1 against Vancouver, but was better the next night against Calgary.”

Anton Slepyshev, winger: “He’s got some good tools, like the release on his shot and his puck protection. I thought he skated better the first game than the second game, but I can probably say that about the group as a whole until the second half of Game 2 against Calgary. Maybe because the other team had an earlier start (playing its first tournament game Friday afternoon compared to the Oilers, who played several hours later against the Canucks). I’d give Anton an average grade.”

Mitch Moroz, winger: “I didn’t see enough of him to make a true assessment. (Moroz played just one game after injuring his hand in a fight with Canucks’ MacKenze Stewart). His game is different. It’s about Mitch moving his feet; he has to get in on the forecheck. The other things will come when he’s near the puck. His challenge will be getting there. After he does, his physical play should care of that.”

Greg Chase, centre: Chase was good in a late-season look at Oklahoma City in the American Hockey League last spring after finishing his junior career, but he seemed to be forcing things in Penticton. “I didn’t think he played well the first night, better the second game.”

Joey LaLeggia, defenceman: “He has to defend positionally, he has some size issues (five-foot-nine, 185 pounds). He can’t commit physically because he’ll be overmatched, but he’s got a strong lower trunk. He’s never had to do that (battle). In college, he could skate out of trouble and defend, get the puck in, get the puck out.”

Kyle Platzer, centre: “He’s very athletic and has a good shot and his skating seems to be improving from the July development camp. He’s on an upward trend.”

Ben Betker, defenceman: “He has to learn how to defend and his passing has to be better, something that’s very underrated in our game. You don’t have to thread the needle all the time, but you have to have a good crisp pass. I liked his range though and, for somebody that size, you are going to be an asset because you can fill lanes.”

Braden Christoffer, winger: “I like him. I can see parts of his game that would cause scouts to shy away from drafting him when he was 18, but he’s older now.”

Eetu Laurikainen, goalie: “He was square to the puck and he battled in the game I saw. I thought all of our goalies (Jordan Papirny and Keven Bouchard) did that, though.”